Putin opponent predicts dictatorship fall with regime losing popular support through corruption

Putin may fall by 2015, opponent says ahead of trial

AFP – The regime of President Vladimir Putin could collapse within the next two years, charismatic opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Tuesday in defiant comments a day ahead of his trial. Navalny goes on trial Wednesday in the provincial northern city of Kirov on embezzlement charges. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles